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Mozilla Firefox ESR < 140.7

high Nessus Plugin ID 283707

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Synopsis

A web browser installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Firefox ESR installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 140.7. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2026-03 advisory.

 - Spoofing issue in the Downloads Panel component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 146 and Thunderbird < 146. (CVE-2025-14327)

 - Use-after-free in the IPC component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 147, Firefox ESR < 115.32, and Firefox ESR < 140.7. (CVE-2026-0882)

 - Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 140.6, Thunderbird ESR 140.6, Firefox 146 and Thunderbird 146.
 Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-0891)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 140.7 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2026-03/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 283707

File Name: macos_firefox_140_7_esr.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 1/14/2026

Updated: 1/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-14327

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Mozilla Firefox ESR

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/9/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-14327, CVE-2026-0877, CVE-2026-0878, CVE-2026-0879, CVE-2026-0880, CVE-2026-0882, CVE-2026-0883, CVE-2026-0884, CVE-2026-0885, CVE-2026-0886, CVE-2026-0887, CVE-2026-0890, CVE-2026-0891

IAVA: 2025-A-0894